Pencil Planner & Calendar Pro vs Supernotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pencil Planner & Calendar Pro
This app merges your digital calendar with a handwritten planner experience. Use your stylus to write directly over digital events, offering the best of both worlds for scheduling and note-taking. Plan your days, weeks, and months with a natural writing feel.
- Handwritten notes over digital calendar events
- Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly planning
- Syncs with device calendars and reminders
- Natural writing experience with stylus
- Customizable pen colors, thickness, and styles
- Undo/Redo and smart eraser tools
- Cloud backup and sync
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Write on your calendar with Apple Pencil. Pencil Planner brings the freedom of a paper planner to your digital calendar, so you can handwrite plans, highlight appointments, and take notes around the events already in your schedule. Plan on iPad, then check your calendar and handwritten plans on iPhone. Cloud backup and sync keep your planner and notes connected across devices. YOUR CALENDAR, WITH ROOM TO WRITE * See events from the calendars you use with Apple's Calendar app * Write directly over and around your calendar events * Bring tasks into your planner with Apple Reminders integration * Add handwritten priorities, time blocks, and sketches PLAN YOUR DAY, WEEK, MONTH, AND YEAR * Bring your schedule, tasks, and linked notes together in Day view * Plan your week, highlight important dates, and see the year ahead * With Version 2 layouts, schedule handwriting is shared between Day and Week, and daily highlights appear in Day, Week, and Month KEEP NOTES WITH YOUR PLANS * Create handwritten or typed notes for meetings, classes, projects, and ideas * Link notes to dates or calendar events and open them alongside your day * Organize notes into folders and pin your favorites * Add pages to handwritten notes with blank, lined, or dot-grid paper MAKE IT YOUR OWN * Write with Apple Pencil, Logitech Crayon, or your finger * Choose pens, pencils, and highlighters with adjustable colors and thickness * Move handwriting, erase whole strokes or parts of them, and undo or redo changes * Pinch to zoom for precise writing * Use light or dark mode in portrait, landscape, or Split View PRO ACCESS Unlock all planner features with a monthly or annual Pro Access subscription, including unlimited entries, storage, and devices, plus cloud backup and sync. Subscription prices and any available trial offers are shown in the app. QUESTIONS? Contact support@pencilplanner.app with questions or feature requests. Terms of use: https://pencilplanner.app/terms-of-use/
Supernotes
Organize your thoughts and ideas with a fast, lightweight note-taking app. Create visually rich notecards with Markdown and LaTeX support, enhanced by AI writing assistance. Build interconnected knowledge networks and share them seamlessly.
- Shareable Markdown notecards
- AI writing assistance
- Bi-directional card linking
- 2D/3D graph visualization
- Spaced repetition flashcards
- Real-time collaboration
- Offline support
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Free your thoughts with Supernotes, the fast, lightweight notes app. Write beautiful notecards that are perfect for personal, work, and educational use – all your ideas, meeting, and lecture notes at your fingertips. CREATE NOTECARDS THAT POP Tired of scrolling up and down long notes? Break down your ideas with Supernotes notecards – keeping you organized. Add colors, tasks, bold, italics, lists, equations, images, code snippets, and more. Want more? Connect a bluetooth keyboard, and harness the full extent of our Markdown and LaTeX editor. POWER UP WITH AI Try our thoughtful approach to AI. We call them Superpowers that help automate arduous tasks, such as tagging your cards, as well as train you to become a better writer, highlighting grammatical errors and offering rewording suggestions. ORGANIZE YOUR KNOWLEDGE Categorize your notecards using tags, reference popular cards with card links, and pop related notecards inside a parent card to build a network of interconnected knowledge. Multi-select, and edit notes in bulk, in the Table layout. Visualize your notes in both 2D and 3D graph layouts, helping you discover existing and new connections. Build your dream Zettelkasten system. REMEMBER WHERE YOU WROTE THEM Only on Supernotes, view all your notecards on a geographic Map. Opt-in to location sharing to automatically assign locations to notes when you create them to see where you had the most inspiring ideas or the most meetings! Or manually assign locations for trips, restaurant recommendations and more. BUILT-IN SPACED REPETITION Jump into Flashcard layout to instantly learn any of your notecards. Using our FSRS algorithm, cram your notes before an exam or learn them at a relaxed pace. We will show which notecards are due at the right times so you can learn as efficiently as possible. SHARE WITH FRIENDS Stop taking screenshots of notes – just share a notecard to generate a secure link. That note will be instantly accessible to anyone (even if they don't have Supernotes)! Add friends, classmates, or teammates on Supernotes to instantly share new notecards with each other, and see each other's cursors editing in real time. ON ALL YOUR DEVICES, OFFLINE OR ONLINE Pick up where you left off with our iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps. Keep taking notes wherever you are, even if your connection drops, with seamless offline support. FEATURE COMPLETE - Universal Search & Filters - Markdown / LaTeX Editor - Bi-directional Card Links - Calendar Heatmap - Assign Dates to Notes - Four Day & Night Themes - Share to Supernotes Extension - Export to Markdown, JSON & PNG - Keyboard Shortcuts - 24/7 Customer Support FREE FOR LIGHTWEIGHT USE Discover everything Supernotes has to offer with our generous free Starter plan; explore all the features and earn 100s cards. Or upgrade to the Unlimited plan for unlimited cards, feature previews, and more. Prices may differ depending on your location, and subscriptions will be charged to your App Store payment method. Your subscription will automatically renew and you may cancel at any time. Privacy Policy: https://supernotes.app/privacy Terms & Conditions: https://supernotes.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Supernotes at 91% against Pencil Planner & Calendar Pro's 42%. Supernotes also leads on monetization model (freemium vs subscription) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Pencil Planner & Calendar Pro's advantage is ratings volume (13K vs 122). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Pencil Planner & Calendar Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Supernotes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $11.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Supernotes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pencil Planner & Calendar Pro has 13K ratings behind it against 122, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Pencil Planner & Calendar Pro's written reviews are positive against 91% of Supernotes's.
Pencil Planner & Calendar Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, Supernotes monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pencil Planner & Calendar Pro | Supernotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (13K ratings) | 4.8 (122 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.2% of reviews | 90.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 122 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wasdesign, LLC | Supernotes |
Customer experience
Pencil Planner & Calendar Pro
Supernotes
User reviews
Pencil Planner & Calendar Pro
From 13K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great calendar integration
- 👍 Handwriting support with Apple Pencil
- 📆 Ability to plan and organize on digital calendar
- 🔗 Syncs across devices
- 📝 Useful note-taking features
Room to improve
- 🔒 Subscription required for full functionality
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches (crashes, data loss, UI issues)
- 💰 Expensive subscription for some users
- 📱 Limited functionality on iPhone
- 🔍 Lack of search/organization for notes
Supernotes
From 122 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Beautiful design and UI
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 👍 Easy to use and intuitive
- 🧠 Powerful organization system
- 💡 Unique card-based concept
Room to improve
- 🤔 Learning curve for some
- ⚠️ Limited initial note space
- 🎛️ Lacks advanced features for some users
- 📱 No iOS widgets
- 🔄 Cumbersome tagging for some
Bugs and requests
Pencil Planner & Calendar Pro
Reported bugs
5 issues- Notes randomly disappearing
- Syncing issues between devices
- Pen/eraser functionality bugs
- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Layout/UI issues (overlapping elements, unresponsive controls)
Requested features
5 requests- Add more customization options (themes, fonts, etc.)
- Integrate with Reminders app
- Allow typed text input in addition to handwriting
- Improve syncing and backup functionality
- Add ability to insert images, PDFs, and other files
Supernotes
Reported bugs
2 issues- Blank white screen on app/web browser
- App doesn't work on iOS 15.4.1
Requested features
6 requests- iOS widgets for home and lock screens
- Alert for note space limit and prompt to edit/continue as journal entry
- Better image and video viewing
- Control center button
- Split screen functionality
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- Ability to create groups or collections of notes
In-app purchases
Pencil Planner & Calendar Pro
- Pro Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Pro Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Pro Yearly1 Year trial$19.991 Year
Supernotes
- Supernotes Unlimited (1 Month)$11.001 Month
- Supernotes Unlimited (Promo)7 Days trial$69.001 Year
- Supernotes Unlimited (1 Year)$99.001 Year
Questions
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